CA confirms India's tour to Australia in January 2016

CA confirms India’s tour to Australia in January 2016: Cricket Australia (CA) on Thursday confirmed team India’s tour to Australia in January, 2016; Men in Blue will play five One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and three T20I matches in January 2016. Australia, who co-hosted the mega-event with New Zealand earlier this year, has beaten the former champions India in the semi-final in front of a capacity crowd at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

CA executive general manager Mike McKenna said: “We want to build on this great momentum, following the World Cup, we are determined that local Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Afghan, Sri Lankan and other overseas-born fans who packed Australia’s grounds with good-humored noise and colour are able to maintain their passion for cricket as part of their adopted Australian lifestyles.”

The series marks the second consecutive year of India touring Australia. In 2014-15, they played in four Tests followed by a tri-series also featuring England. CA also announced that the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) will host all internationals in New South Wales State. T20s have been staged at Sydney’s Olympic stadium since 2010.

The ODI series kicks off from January 12 at Western Australia Cricket Association ground in Perth followed by Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney. While T20 series gets underway on India’s Republic Day on 26th of January in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.

ODI series:

January 12 – Australia v India, WACA Ground, Perth

January 15 – Australia v India, Gabba, Brisbane

January 17 – Australia v India, Melbourne Cricket Ground

January 20 – Australia v India, Manuka Oval, Canberra

January 23 – Australia v India, Sydney Cricket Ground

T20 Internationals:

January 26 – Australia v India, Adelaide Oval

January 29 – Australia v India, Melbourne Cricket Ground

January 31 – Australia v India, Sydney Cricket Ground